Running in the fresh air makes you feel good.
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Sport has many positive aspects. Exercise can be like a drug – only without side effects. So far so good. But what sounds like a wonderful promise is only half the story.
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NOn the other hand a friend wrote to me: “Sport is such a thing for me, it’s a permanent construction site for me.” It had this touch of: Don’t say anything now. I know that you are that person who makes your neighbors on the stairwell in jogging outfit feel guilty. Nonetheless, this sentence crossed my mind, which I had heard from a scientist some time ago: “Exercise is like a drug – only without side effects.”